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On April 28, Deputy Prime Minister Le Tien Chau chaired a meeting at the Government Office on the policy of the Draft Law on Lawyers (amended). At the meeting, Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Thanh Tu reported that on April 17 the Ministry of Justice submitted policy dossier No. 57/TTr-BTP to the Government on the Draft Law on Lawyers (amended).
Under the proposed timeline, the draft law will be presented to the National Assembly for approval at the second session in October 2026.
The draft law addresses several policy groups, including:
Concluding the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Le Tien Chau emphasized that Party and State leadership is concerned with improving the institutional framework. He noted that Conclusion No. 18-KL/TW of the Party Central Committee states that investment in building and completing institutions and the organization of enforcement must be on par with development investment.
Regarding the Draft Law on Lawyers (amended), the Deputy Prime Minister requested that the goals be clearly defined to build a sufficient number of lawyers with professional qualifications to meet the country’s demands. He also called for the full, correct, and comprehensive codification of Party resolutions and conclusions in a swift, concrete, and effective manner.
The Deputy Prime Minister asked for a summary and evaluation of the implementation of the Law on Lawyers to date, with attention to balancing state management requirements with the self-management needs of professional organizations, including the lawyers’ organization.
On building a cadre of lawyers with political resolve, he said the requirement must be institutionalized and quantified as much as possible, including clear delineation of what “political resolve” entails. He further stated that implementation should use comprehensive solutions, from university training to in-service training, to continuously raise political awareness and responsibility to oneself, family, society, and the country.
On the rights and duties of lawyers in practice, the Deputy Prime Minister said the law should reflect progress and broaden the powers of lawyers, the defense, and those who represent the accused.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Tien Chau assigned the Ministry of Justice to continue leading, in cooperation with other ministries and agencies, to absorb fully the opinions from the meeting and from Government members in order to quickly finalize the policy content. The Ministry is to prepare thoroughly the draft dossier for the Draft Law on Lawyers (amended) and submit it to the Government before June 10.
In parallel, the Ministry of Justice was instructed to immediately proceed with drafting detailed texts and implementation guidelines in accordance with the requirements.
During the drafting process, the Ministry is to lead and coordinate with relevant agencies to regularly collect information and differing opinions, and to timely communicate and build a draft that is feasible and gains social consensus.
The draft law is also described as clearly defining the content of the standard “having solid political resolve.”
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